How smart is this? Warning - reading this may cause an aneurysm!!?

Question

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/US_confirms_it_arming_Sunni_insurgents_0610.html
Monday's New York Times will lead with a story by veteran Iraq correspondent John Burns revealing that the U.S. military has confirmed that it is arming Sunni insurgent factions to try to contain al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, RAW STORY has learned.
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Sunnis are Al quaeda
Al Quaeda hates the shiites
Iran is shiite and , Alqueada hates Iran.
Whos F+cking side are we on here?
Is this like the US government funding the Afghan "freedom fighters" in the 1980's that gave us the Taliban in the 90's. The enemy of my enemy(iran) is my friend but give it 10 years for the blow back?

Sorry about the seeming repeat, Usama_bin_limbaugh3's question had not posted when I was typing this.

Answer 1

Good info.
Iran's the goal.
Stay tuned to see them cross the border, into iraq.

Answer 2

Well, we also trained and armed Saddam during the 80's Iran-Iraq war, so this is hardly anything new. This is a perfect example of how our country consistently fails to learn from its mistakes.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" George Santayana-1905

Answer 3

It appears that the USA is playing both sides like a crack head street informant.

Answer 4

You're catching on, but you're still a hundred miles away from getting it.

Those who are revolting in the Middle East get it, and so do the tyrants they face. Islam is going through a revolution, and will never again be able to attempt world domination without everyone noticing.

My family escaped Islam in the 1950s. We've been expecting this war for decades. President Bush keeps surprising us by doing unpopular things that are exactly right for dealing with the problems in the Middle East, regardless of the nonsense spread by those who hate him for it.

Answer 5

Your missing the goal. The goal is to get Muslims to kill Muslims without taking the blame.
Its too smart for an American to come up with